remission of sin

Questions about remission of sin

What is another word for remission of sin?

It depends which remission of sin you mean. In the sense “the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance”, the synonyms are absolution, remission, remittal. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of remission of sin?

WordNet records no antonym for remission of sin. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for remission of sin come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of remission of sin

• Full entry for remission of sinAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for remission of sinWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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